An 18-year old is in jail and charged with carjacking an elderly couple in a busy grocery store parking lot.

The Hueytown Police Department says Quentez Dante Austin is being charged with two counts of robbery first after carjacking the couple on the morning of June 3rd. Investigators say the carjacking happened in front of the Publix on Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive.

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Police say an elderly woman got out of her car to move a basket when two young men with guns approached her, took her purse, and then made her husband get out of the car before taking it. Authorities say two other young men helped the two suspects with guns.

"They were just hanging out in the parking lot," Sgt. Michael Shupe tells WVTM 13 News. "They were looking for an easy target. And when they saw something that they thought was easy, they jumped on it. And they saw the elderly couple coming and they said, well, this is it."

Hueytown police say the elderly woman and her husband were not hurt during the carjacking. Their car was recovered last week in Birmingham in good condition.

Investigators say Austin was already in the Jefferson County jail on prior robbery, burglary, and weapons charges.